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My son, his cousin, and myself caught 30 Crappie yesterday. Some over 2 lb. All over a lb. Son and cousin went this morning and caught 21 of the same. This evening, son, a friend, and myself caught 16 more of the same and a 4 1/2 lb. catfish.

Total, 67 large Crappie and one catfish. All are now filleted and going into the freezer tomorrow, except those going in the frying pan tomorrow night.

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Have a bit over 2 miles of creek through the farm here in Aus that is a nice little trout producer (brown and rainbow) only small water and small fish 8-12" most of the time although it does produce a few around 20" each year.Haven't done a lot this year but early in the season I caught 10 in an hour a few times, I throw most back and just keep the odd one for the smoker.

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Cool have quite a few dams close by to me, Blowering dam is just over the hill, it is where the world water speed record was set, 317.58mph back in 1977 and still stands to this day.Not sure what area it covers but capacity is 1,628,000 meglitres, 430 billion US gallons.

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In my pond I have shell crackers and sunfish. Pretty much the same size fish just a little bit different in color/pattern. They are also excellent eating. Pull them out of the water, scale them and put them on the grill. Jim

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In my pond I have shell crackers and sunfish. Pretty much the same size fish just a little bit different in color/pattern. They are also excellent eating. Pull them out of the water, scale them and put them on the grill. Jim

Now your bring back memories jim. My brother and I went down the st. john's back in 89 and caught about 200 shell crackers in one sat. all at least 2 lb. man that was great fun.( even with the 15 foot gators chasing us in the boat). then cleaned them at the boat ramp not looking under the cleaning station( big old fat 17 footer holding his mouth open under the drain) man I miss doing that.

""The current record holder is a 14 foot 3-1/2 inch male from Lake Washington in Brevard County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.""

Those Florida shellcrackers get upwards of 4 lbs. Around here a 3/4 lb. one is a monster. Crappie get up to 5 lb. here.

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""The current record holder is a 14 foot 3-1/2 inch male from Lake Washington in Brevard County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.""

Those Florida shellcrackers get upwards of 4 lbs. Around here a 3/4 lb. one is a monster. Crappie get up to 5 lb. here.

All I know is they were as long or longer than our 16 basstracker front control bass boat. Or and those records for length are only for the ones caught. There are photos of 15-16 footers all over the place in Fl. With witness indicators.

Just remember, witness indicators on snakes and gators are in direct relation to how close they are when first seen? Witnesses have seen 9 ft. cottonmouths when the record is 4 plus feet.

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